A New Home for Sarah's Circle

We are getting very excited as the time  to move 10 of our clients who have experienced chronic homelessness into their new apartments draws closer. We are on schedule for our July move-in date.  Currently, we are putting in the flooring, the façade in the front of the building is going up, and all the stairs have been built in. The apartments will be fully furnished, have plenty of natural light, and each floor will have a sitting area as well as a laundry unit. 

Below you will find some pictures of our progress: The first picture shows the front of the building being prepared to be enclosed and finished, the second picture is of the drywalled hallway on the third floor for the apartments, and the final picture shows an ADA accessible apartment on the third floor. We hope these pictures will help to make you as excited as we are!

Thank you for all you have done to make this new building a reality ant in providing permanent, stable housing for vulnerable women.

Construction of Sarah’s Circle’s new building at 4836 N. Sheridan is going strong. We have been very fortunate to have such reasonably good weather this winter making it possible for construction to continue unimpeded during a time of year when outside work could have been much more challenging.  

An essential part of our new building is the 10 units of permanent housing specifically for 10 of the most vulnerable women in our program—women  who have been chronically homeless with a disability and  who would have the most difficulty maintaining housing without supportive services.

The framing and all the conduit work has been done in the apartments, and we are excited about moving women in at the end of summer. We are specifically in need of furniture for the apartments. It will cost Sarah’s Circle approximately $2,400 to furnish each apartment:

A breakdown of the cost of specific furniture items follows:

Tapered leg table: $310.78

Bistro Side Chair: $110.94

Twin Bed: $245.18

Twin Box Spring: $186.96

Twin Mattress: $220.58

4 Drawer Bureau: $384.58

Upholstered Chairs: $752.76

Would you consider making a contribution to help us furnish these apartments for 10 very deserving women?

Thank you so much for your support!

P.S. - If you would like to subscribe to our emails to receive personal updates about how you can get more involved in helping women who are homeless, please email Morgan at mservice@sarahs-circle.org.